Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney 1843 - 1920
- occupation:
- Civil servant, Engineer, Inventor, Photographic scientist
- Nationality:
- British; English
- born in:
- Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Pioneer of scientific photography worked at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, England; Engineer; Captain in the military.
Related Objects
Movement and clock face from the Abney's apparatus for recording the intensity of light
Abney level
Combined Abney Level and Clinometer, 1875-1885
Combined Abney Level and Clinometer, 1882-1887
Abney type level
Concave Rowland diffraction grating on speculum metal
Leon Warnerke's patent actinometer
Title page of Punch and fascimile by Abney's Papyrotype process
Small heliostat on mahogany base/stand with clockwork drive
